After the unanimous resolution for economic sanctions against Iran, the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is in China this week to foster bi-lateral agreements in key areas. The two countries have not always had amicable relations. Recently, China gave ill-will to Israel as it invited the Palestinian foreign minister to attend a conference on China-Arab relations. They should have been invited as they play a key part in stabilizing peace in the Middle East just as much as Israel does.
In any event, it is 100% certain that Olmert will continue to pressure China on the issue of Iran’s nuclear technology. Let me make myself clear in that no international organization or country has sound evidence that Iran is trying to pursue nuclear weapons. Furthermore, as it relates to U.S. politics, the U.S. should not be so quick to jump to conclusions as it did in Iraq that a country has nuclear weapons. On a side note, former staff and documents (i.e. Downing Street Memo) now make it clear that the U.S. knew Iraq did not pose a threat towards the U.S. in terms of WMD.
So, it will be interesting how Israel and the U.S. will play a key part in shaping a case against Iran in the future.
